From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/35811 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: installing MKIV Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:49:56 +0200 Message-ID: <46BA1E64.5040101@wxs.nl> References: <193026156.20070808145919@gmail.com> <46B9B5D7.70201@elvenkind.com> <24065160.20070808155256@gmail.com> <46B9C64F.6010906@gmx.net> <20070808135000.GA24948@phare.normalesup.org> <46B9D1F0.7040102@gmx.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186602633 14006 80.91.229.12 (8 Aug 2007 19:50:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:50:33 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Aug 08 21:50:30 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IIrY5-0006X6-H0 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:50:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0411B20126; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:50:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22981-07-5; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:50:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341A42010E; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:50:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 533842010E for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:50:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22981-07-4 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:50:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D84591FF5D for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:50:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 8848 for ; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:50:15 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: <46B9D1F0.7040102@gmx.net> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:35811 Archived-At: Peter Rolf wrote: > Arthur Reutenauer schrieb: >>> luac5.1.exe [TO] luac.exe >>> etc. >> Alternatively, you can use LuaTeX itself as the lua interpreter and >> compiler. That is, the same binary will act as: >> >> LuaTeX proper when called luatex(.exe) >> lua when called texlua(.exe) (equivalent to luatex --luaonly) >> luac, the compiler, when called texluac.(exe) >> >> So you don't even need lua anymore. > > i see. but on windows you waste more than 7mb disk space this way. > installing the lua binaries costs only 288kb. so where is the benefit? > > there must be a better way. these 7 meg gave as advantage - no need to install anything else (no huge ruby/perl or whatever) - bytcode compiler in sync with luatex internals - texlua has the libs that we need built in alternatives: -- texlua.cmd -- @echo off setlocal set ownpath=%~dp0% "%ownpath%luatex" --luaonly %* endlocal and similar for texluac Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________